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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There's definitely a little bit of this going on.

I wonder if Nvidia is leaning on them a bit. Like, create a regulatory requirement for something for one of their bullshit datacenters to do now that Microslop has said "we need to find something useful for AI to do or we're not going to be able to live the lie much longer" out loud almost verbatim?

I outright don't know if this is even possible. I mean...

What's that? I bet 60% of people who have touched one of those couldn't identify what it is by sight. Should I be allowed to print that?

[–] Gumus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well you'd know if you upgraded a Prusa MK3 and had to print that part. Other than that? I doubt even those who built MK4 from the kit would recognize it.

I built a MK4S from the kit, and I would recognize it, even without having printed it it's a memorable part of the build. You'd basically have to have built or upgraded a Prusa printer in the last 2 years to recognize it for what it is. If you hadn't been introduced to it, do you have any hope of guessing what that's for?